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Rethink Outside helps funders and partners share a more powerful story about how nature and time outside strengthens our communities.

We develop, test, and share narrative frameworks and stories that bring new partners to the table and grow the movement for equitable access to the outdoors.

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Narrative in Action

Students Step Up to Explore and Create Healthier Communities

A group of Illinois high schoolers from different schools and neighborhoods are fired up to make change.

Youth Education Offers Healing and Hope

Everyone faces stress and setbacks in life but living in a healthy environment within a strong community can make it easier to cope and thrive.

Welcoming and Developing New Leaders

Using the power of nature, YES Nature to Neighborhoods helps youth and families live healthy and connected lives.

Kansas Students Learn, Cope and, Heal Through Environmental Education

An alternative high school in Kansas partnered with environmental educators to Rethink Outside for students often left behind.

Culturally-Inclusive Nature Programs that Honor Culture, Explore Justice, and Unearth Joy

Written by Unearthing Joy founder, Ashley Brailsford, Ph.D., this story highlights a unique way to build community in the outdoors through exploration and joy.

Thanks to our sponsors for financially supporting Rethink Outside

Rethink Outside photos courtesy of Big City Mountaineers, Children & Nature Network, Education Outside, Life Lab, Lincoln Park Zoo, NatureBridge, National Park Service, National Park Trust, Ocean Discovery Institute, Pie Ranch, Tiny Trees, and YES. Website by Weirdesign.com.